The A2K is the House Band of Public.Resource.Org. This song was composed for our new film, Open Access Ninja.

Credits

Written by: Carl Malamud, Barry Snaith and Martin Lucas
Produced by: Barry Snaith, Co-Produced by Martin Lucas
Vocals by: Martin Lucas, additional vocals on the coda by Tad Robinson
Barry Snaith composed and performed the music
Recorded April 2021 in Hayfield UK and North Judson IN, USA
Mastered by Dick Beetham at 360 Mastering Ltd., East Sussex UK
Tad Robinson appears courtesy of Severn Records
Barry Snaith appears with the blessing of Seja Records
Dedicated to the public domain, no rights reserved.

Lyrics

Findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable.
Black-frocked crows flocking in to volunteer.
So hold my beer!
Open Access Ninja.

Tinker, improve it, hack it, or fix it.
Inquire, create, unpack it, re-mix it.
Not just a consumer.
Or just another user,
like Dale D. start making it here.
Just like this beer.
Open Access Ninja.

Free as in freedom, and free as in beer.
Software is my transporter,
and it’s mine alone to steer.
Like Thomas’ take on a Pilsner -
Open Access Ninja.
Open Access Ninja.
Open Access Ninja.
Open Access Ninja.

DRM – doesn’t respect me.
DRM – doesn’t really manage rights.
DRM – doesn’t really matter.
So fill my decanter.
With Open Access Ninja.

Now Gnu is old,
open source, hey no remorse,
but it’s not ‘the Force’, no it’s not gold.
And thank you for your many contributions,
But you’re not the only one.
We’ve all got to find the way to get it done.
We all got our own road – persevere,
But first let’s have a beer!
An Open Access Ninja.

Here’s to A2K!
Access to Knowledge
Is a Human Right.

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